Priority School Building Programme

Tom Blenkinsop: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what funding his Department plans to allocate to under three provision in school buildings being built as part of the Priority School Building Programme; and if he will make a statement.

David Laws: The purpose of the Priority Schools Building Programme is to rebuild schools in England in the worst condition. There is no provision made within the programme for under three places. However, we have allocated £200 million to local authorities for this specific purpose, and we expect them to contribute a proportion of this funding where they wish to provide under three places.

Teachers: Training

George Galloway: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many places available for the training of teachers on the School Direct system are unfilled.

David Laws: In allocating places each year for initial teacher training (ITT) the Department for Education models the likely fill rate. We over-allocate to ensure we train enough teachers, taking account of the likely level of recruitment in each subject. The allocated numbers for individual training programmes are not targets and should not be regarded as such.
	For 2013/14, we allocated 113% of the overall estimate of required teachers, including 9,586 School Direct (SD) places(1). Provisional figures in the ITT census(2), published on 26 November 2013, indicated that 6,580 School Direct places had been filled. Overall recruitment as a proportion of the estimated number of teachers required for 2013/14 was 96%.
	Allocations for the academic year 2014/15 have just been made. We do not yet hold data on recruitment to these places.
	(1)Note:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229468/SFR_ITT_allocations_August_2013.pdf
	(2)Note:
	https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/260849/Main_Text_-_SFR49-2013.pdf

Teachers: Training

George Galloway: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many places are available for training teachers on the School Direct system.

David Laws: We have allocated 15,254 places to School Direct for initial teacher training for 2014/15. Full information is available online(1).
	(1)Note:
	http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/i/itt%20allocations%20management%20information% 2021%20nov%202013%20-%20fixed.pdf

Unemployment: Young People

Stephen Timms: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people aged 24 and under have been unemployed for over a year (a) at the most recent date for which data is available and (b) in each of the last 20 years.

Nick Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
	Letter from Jil Matheson, dated December 2013
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people aged 24 and under have been unemployed for over a year (a) at the most recent date for which data is available and (b) in each of the last 20 years. 179527
	Information regarding youth unemployment is available from the Labour Force Survey. The number of 16 to 24 year olds who have been unemployed for over 12 months are included in the table.
	Estimates are for the three month period July to September each year from 1993 to 2013.
	As with any sample survey, estimates from the LFS are subject to a margin of uncertainty. These are indicated in the table provided.
	
		
			 Long term(1) unemployment among people aged 16 to 24, July to September each year, UK, seasonally adjusted 
			  Level(thousand) 
			 1993 **285 
			 1994 237 
			 1995 185 
			 1996 157 
			 1997 136 
			 1998 86 
			 1999 72 
			 2000 73 
			 2001 67 
			 2002 61 
			 2003 ***67 
			 2004 66 
			 2005 75 
			 2006 103 
			 2007 112 
			 2008 121 
			 2009 198 
			 2010 218 
		
	
	
		
			 2011 258 
			 2012 266 
			 2013 **282 
			 (1) Unemployed for over 12 months. Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS) Guide to Quality: The Coefficient of Variation (CV) indicates the quality of an estimate, the smaller the CV value the higher the quality. The true value is likely to lie within +/- twice the CV—for example, for an estimate of 200 with a CV of 5% we would expect the population total to be within the range 180-220. Key: * 0 = CV <5—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered precise ** 5 = CV <10—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered reasonably precise *** 10 = CV <20—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered acceptable **** CV ? 20—Statistical Robustness: Estimates are considered too unreliable for practical purposes

Unemployment: Carers

Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the number of young adult carers not in education, employment or training; and what steps he is taking to support young adult carers into work.

Esther McVey: The information requested for the number of young adult carers not in education, employment or training is not readily available in my department and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	However the information requested was collected by ONS in the 2011 census and they have provided the following table:
	
		
			 All usual residents in England and Wales aged 16 to 24 and 18 to 24 who provide unpaid care and who are not in education, employment or training, 27 March 2011 
			  Unpaid carers aged 16 to 24 not in education, employment or training(1) Unpaid carers aged 18 to 24 not in education, employment or training(1) 
			 Total 67,401 63,479 
			 Provides 1 to 19 hours unpaid care a week 34,465 32,140 
			 Provides 20 to 49 hours unpaid care a week 14,240 13,456 
			 Provides 50 or more hours unpaid care a week 18,696 17,883 
			 (1) Economic activity: Economically active (excluding full-time students): Unemployed, Economically inactive: Retired, Economically inactive: Looking after home or family, Economically inactive: Long-term sick or disabled, Economically inactive: Other. Notes: 1. For the purpose of this table, all students, whether economically active or economically inactive, have been excluded. 2. In order to protect against disclosure of personal information, records have been swapped between different geographic areas. Some counts will be affected, particularly small counts at the lowest geographies Source: ONS-2011 Census 
		
	
	The support offered by the Department to young adult carers will vary according to the carer's circumstances but can include Jobcentre Plus adviser support, training opportunities and financial assistance. There are Jobcentre Plus advisers trained to understand carers' needs who can give advice on local childcare and replacement care provision to assist a carer when attending appointments with an adviser or an approved provider, or even starting work.